Social Commentaries
Epigram 19 (Essex bring to Elisa youth and life.)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 4
Social Commentaries
Essex bring to Elisa youth and life.
Sing her a sleepe with ioyfull victories.
Leaue to her enemies despaire and strife.
Wake them with wofull wars, and fearfull cries.
Of conquering vs how fowly doe they misse.
Which feele our force, and enuy at our blisse.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 19 (Essex bring to Elisa youth and life.).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/139/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 19 (Essex bring to Elisa youth and life.).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/139/.
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